Lipinia cheesmanae (PARKER, 1940)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Cheesman's Lipinia |
Synonym | Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) cheesmanae PARKER 1940: 265 Lipinia cheesmanae — GREER 1974: 11 Lipinia cheesmanae — ZWEIFEL 1979 Lipinia cheesmanae — DAS & AUSTIN 2007 |
Distribution | Indonesia (NE Irian Jaya) Type locality: Irian Jaya, Cyclops Mountains |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.1647 (was 1938.6.8.95 fide Parker 1940: 265) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 28 midbody scale rows; five pairs of nuchals; and dorsum coppery with a middorsal row of dark spots forming an interrupted zigzag line from the occiput to tail base, and a dark lateral band along the flanks and tail, with a series of large, semicircular spots along its upper border (from DAS & AUSTIN 2007). |
Comment | Abundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024. |
Etymology | Named after Miss Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969), an entomologist, explorer, and traveler who made a number of expeditions to the Galapagos Islands, New Guinea, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon Islands (1924-1936). She worked for many years as a volunteer at the Natural History Museum, London, and was the first female Curator at the London Zoo. She collected the holotype of this skink. |
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